And the winner is … no 42 The Undomesticated Scientist!! Well done Helen!! I have emailed you separately. Very heartfelt commiserations for the rest of you 🙁 I just finished my first project with Notting Hill and it is SOOOO delicious! I will try to post about it later today!
Who’s that handsome, wild looking, young man? It’s my boy Felix! Felix arrived home last week after nearly a year away travelling the world and growing his hair. It’s so lovely to have him back safe and sound. We weren’t really expecting him back at the beginning of February and his arrival has coincided with …
We’ve had lots of new fabrics delivered to the shop and amongst them is the new Joel Dewberry range. I am so excited about ‘Notting Hill’ that I’ve decided to have a GIVEAWAY!! We took delivery of it last week but due to a visit to the big Trade Fair in Birmingham we’ve only just …
Regular readers will know that I have a large collection of vintage embroidered linens. I have been cutting these up and using them to make things like notebook holders and cushions for a while now. But, inevitably, I’m starting to use up all the best bits. And some of the bits are just so gorgeously …
Homemade With Love is a brand new magazine just out yesterday. It’s absolutely crammed with crafty projects. But what’s this on the contents page? Those owls look very familiar… Yes it’s my 2 pals Ethel and Edmund! This is my first published project and so it’s quite a thrill! And if that wasn’t enough excitement, …
I didn’t take part in this last year. Somehow I thought I didn’t have that much to get finished. Well this year I have! But I am going to try to be realistic as the FAL is divided into quarters which gives me only 3 months to tackle these. So in this first post I …
… I spent it mainly sock knitting! Yes as predicted by many readers, the sock knitting was very addictive and once I started I wanted to get those socks finished! And I guess I did need a bit of a rest… so despite all my quilt-making plans, I spent a lot of time on the …
Over Christmas I had a turn at the Scottish Tapestry Panel again. This is The Great Tapestry of Scotland that I blogged about here. Our group of 12 stitchers have been working hard and the animals are starting to fill in now. Here is Susan’s gorgeous beaver. Isn’t he lovely? I love the way she …
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas break. I’m officially back to work tomorrow, but I was in the shop on Monday getting ready for a really big January SALE! As well as loads of half price homeware and gift items at our Edinburgh Store, we have 40% off selected …
I’m very excited to be at home today, the first Christmas Eve I have had off for 13 years! That’s the perils of working in retail for you. This is the first day of 7 consecutive days at home and I have so much new crafting planned! But first let’s look at how I’ve been …